. Audubon . -. He allowed himself to be capturedand put back in his park, and after a good meal he perked up, dressed hisfeathers, and seemed to show great satisfaction at again having all the comfortsof home. The nest in which Me-giz-ze-was was undoubtedly hatched is in the top ofan immense dead tree 4 feet in diameter, standing in the midst of a swamp 334 Bird- Lore. IN El i v-\ ui jo\ ■ A Prince of the House of Eagles 335 that is so wet that no near approach can be made. It is enormous in sizebut photographs having to be made from so great a distance fail to convey itstrue dimensions. Mr. a
. Audubon . -. He allowed himself to be capturedand put back in his park, and after a good meal he perked up, dressed hisfeathers, and seemed to show great satisfaction at again having all the comfortsof home. The nest in which Me-giz-ze-was was undoubtedly hatched is in the top ofan immense dead tree 4 feet in diameter, standing in the midst of a swamp 334 Bird- Lore. IN El i v-\ ui jo\ ■ A Prince of the House of Eagles 335 that is so wet that no near approach can be made. It is enormous in sizebut photographs having to be made from so great a distance fail to convey itstrue dimensions. Mr. and Mrs. Craker visit the location every year and have seen the oldbirds repairing the nest and later have seen them brooding the eggs and feedingthe young. After incubation begins, attention is constant, for one parentdoes not leave the nest until the other arrives to take its place. The home-coming of the Eagle is a wonderful sight. At first a mere speck in the dis-tance, he flies in a direct line toward the home tree and on arrival soars aroundoverhead, uttering great screams until the sitting bird leaves, when he descendsto the nest and settles down softly upon the eggs which he moves about byweaving slowly from side to side. Fearful that this pair of Eagles may be disturbed or destroyed, Mr. andMrs. Craker will not disclose to anyone the exact location of
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